José Guzmán

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=José Guzmán

|image=Jose Guzman (6444405733).jpg

|caption=Guzmán in 2011

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1963|4|9}}

|birth_place=Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 10

|debutyear=1985

|debutteam=Texas Rangers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 23

|finalyear=1994

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=80–74

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.05

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=889

|teams=

Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1985}}–{{mlby|1988}}, {{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1992}})
Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1993}}–{{mlby|1994}})

}}

José Alberto Guzmán Mirabal (born April 9, 1963) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from {{By|1985}} to {{By|1994}}.

Career

Guzmán was signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent on February 10, {{By|1981}}. He made his major league debut on September 10, 1985, against the Oakland Athletics. He remained with the Rangers for six seasons, winning the {{By|1991}} MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award after improving from an 11–13 season to 13–7 in 1991.

In December, {{By|1992}}, Guzmán signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs. On April 6, {{By|1993}}, in defeating the Atlanta Braves 1–0 at Wrigley Field, Guzmán had a no-hitter broken up by an Otis Nixon single with two out in the ninth—the only hit he would allow. The no-hitter would have been the first pitched by a Cub (and, in fact, the first the Cubs had been involved in) since Milt Pappas in {{By|1972}}.

He remained with the Cubs for one more season pitching his final game on May 23, 1994. He was under contract through 1996, but injuries prevented him for making a comeback.

Since 2004, Guzmán has worked as a Spanish language radio broadcaster for the Rangers.{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/orgullosochevelguzman-582786.html|title=Orgulloso Chevel Guzman|newspaper=El Nuevo Día|access-date=June 20, 2009|archive-date=May 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528042026/http://www.elnuevodia.com/orgullosochevelguzman-582786.html|url-status=dead}} He also holds a charity golf tournament for Alzheimer patients each October.{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/beisbol/nota/josechevelguzmanponevozaljuego-2283154/|title=Jose Chevel Guzman pone voz al juego|newspaper=El Nuevo Día|author=Maldonado, Antolín|date=January 21, 2017}}

References

External links

[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D6133CF934A35757C0A965958260&n=Top%2FNews%2FSports%2FBaseball%2FMajor%20League%2FFlorida%20Marlins Guzman loses no-hit bid in the 9th]
[http://www.elnuevodia.com/orgullosochevelguzman-582786.html Guzmán comments on Iván Rodríguez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528042026/http://www.elnuevodia.com/orgullosochevelguzman-582786.html |date=May 28, 2013 }} on El Nuevo Día

Category:1963 births

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Category:Major League Baseball broadcasters

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Category:Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico